Niigata JALT:

Positive past selves and possible others in language learning

Date: Saturday, January 23rd, 2016
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Speaker: Joseph Falout (Nihon University)

Description:
A presentation focusing on the positive psychology perspective, with research data from college classrooms, to propose ways that teachers can help students find greater optimism, and protect positive outlooks, for learning English right now in their present experiences and environments.

ELT means English Language Teaching. The ELT Calendar contains information about conferences, conventions, workshops, presentations and other events of professional interest to teachers of EFL (English as a Foreign Language) in Japan, and the research communities of SLA (Second Language Acquisition), TESOL (Teaching English as a Second or Other Language), TEFL (Teaching English as a Foriegn Language) and others relevant to language learning and teaching English in Japan.